The Band Perry (album)
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The Band Perry is the self-titled debut album of the American country music
group The Band Perry
. It was released October 12, 2010 (see 2010 in country music
) via Universal Republic Nashville Records
. The album includes five songs from the band's digital EP The Band Perry EP
, which was released in April 2010. The album's first two singles were the top 20 hit "Hip to My Heart
" and "If I Die Young
", the trio's first #1 hit, which was also certified Platinum. The album's third single, "You Lie
," was released to country radio in January 2011, and is The Band Perry's second top 5 hit. The album's fourth single, "All Your Life", was released to country radio on August 8, 2011.
chart upon its release. It sold 53,000 copies in its first week. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 751,554 copies in the US.
reviewer Jessica Phillips said that the album was "more introspective and engrossing than typical radio fare", and praised Kimberly's "unpolished" voice, but thought that some songs had "aimless" lyrics. She also gave it three stars out of five. Also giving it a positive review, Michael McCall of the Associated Press
compared the band favorably to Taylor Swift
and Lady Antebellum
, and said that the album's "emphasis is on easygoing, back-porch music."
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! Chart (2010)
! Peak
position
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 46
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! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications
(sales threshold)
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| US Country
! width="40"| US
! width="40"| US AC
! width="40"| US
Adult
! width="40"| US
Pop
! width="40"| CAN
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| 2009
! scope="row"| "Hip to My Heart
"[A]
| 20
| 101
| —
| —
| —
| —
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| 2010
! scope="row"| "If I Die Young
"[B]
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 48
| align="left"|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011
! scope="row"| "You Lie
"
| 2
| 42
| —
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|
|-
! scope="row"| "All Your Life
"[B]
| 13
| 37
|
|
|
| 62
|
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|-
|}
^ "Hip to My Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
chart at number one.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
group The Band Perry
The Band Perry
The Band Perry, an American country music group, is composed of siblings Kimberly Perry , Reid Perry and Neil Perry...
. It was released October 12, 2010 (see 2010 in country music
2010 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2010.-Events:*January 31 — Taylor Swift becomes the youngest country music artist and also youngest person to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her album Fearless...
) via Universal Republic Nashville Records
Republic Nashville
Republic Nashville is a record label established in 2009 by Universal Republic Records in New York and Big Machine Records in Nashville. It is headquartered on Music Row and utilizes the combined resources of Big Machine Records and Universal Republic Records....
. The album includes five songs from the band's digital EP The Band Perry EP
The Band Perry EP
The Band Perry EP is a 5-song extended play released from country music group The Band Perry. The extended play is the groups first release on Republic Nashville. It was released on April 6, 2010, and debuted at No. 46 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart the following week as well as No....
, which was released in April 2010. The album's first two singles were the top 20 hit "Hip to My Heart
Hip to My Heart
"Hip to My Heart" is the debut single of The Band Perry, an American country music group. It was released via Republic Records Nashville in November 2009 and reached a peak of No...
" and "If I Die Young
If I Die Young
"If I Die Young" is the title of a song written by Kimberly Perry and recorded by American country group The Band Perry. It was released as their second single in June 2010, and serves as the lead-off single to the group's self-titled debut album, which was released on October 12, 2010.-Content:"If...
", the trio's first #1 hit, which was also certified Platinum. The album's third single, "You Lie
You Lie (The Band Perry song)
"You Lie" is the title of a song written by Aaron, Brian and Clara Henningsen, and recorded by The Band Perry, an American country music group. It is the third single from the band's self-titled debut album, and their second consecutive release to reach top ten on the Hot Country Songs...
," was released to country radio in January 2011, and is The Band Perry's second top 5 hit. The album's fourth single, "All Your Life", was released to country radio on August 8, 2011.
Commercial
The album debuted at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart upon its release. It sold 53,000 copies in its first week. As of the chart dated September 24, 2011, the album has sold 751,554 copies in the US.
Critical
Thom Jurek of Allmusic gave the album a three-star rating out of five, saying that the album was "carefully crafted" and thought that the singles were among the strongest tracks on it. Country WeeklyCountry Weekly
Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...
reviewer Jessica Phillips said that the album was "more introspective and engrossing than typical radio fare", and praised Kimberly's "unpolished" voice, but thought that some songs had "aimless" lyrics. She also gave it three stars out of five. Also giving it a positive review, Michael McCall of the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
compared the band favorably to Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
and Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol...
, and said that the album's "emphasis is on easygoing, back-porch music."
Track listing
Album
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Country Albums | 2 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
Gold |
End of year charts
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Chart (2010)
! Peak
position
|-
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 46
|-
Singles
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
(sales threshold)
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| US Country
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
! width="40"| US
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
! width="40"| US AC
! width="40"| US
Adult
! width="40"| US
Pop
Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)
The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...
! width="40"| CAN
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
|-
| 2009
! scope="row"| "Hip to My Heart
Hip to My Heart
"Hip to My Heart" is the debut single of The Band Perry, an American country music group. It was released via Republic Records Nashville in November 2009 and reached a peak of No...
"[A]
| 20
| 101
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| 2010
! scope="row"| "If I Die Young
If I Die Young
"If I Die Young" is the title of a song written by Kimberly Perry and recorded by American country group The Band Perry. It was released as their second single in June 2010, and serves as the lead-off single to the group's self-titled debut album, which was released on October 12, 2010.-Content:"If...
"[B]
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 12
| 48
| align="left"|
- CANMusic CanadaMusic Canada was a Canadian music television miniseries which aired approximately monthly on CBC Television from 1966 to 1967.-Premise:This series featured various special productions of music and dance, from classical to modern styles.-Scheduling:...
: Platinum - USRecording Industry Association of AmericaThe Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
: 3× Platinum
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011
! scope="row"| "You Lie
You Lie (The Band Perry song)
"You Lie" is the title of a song written by Aaron, Brian and Clara Henningsen, and recorded by The Band Perry, an American country music group. It is the third single from the band's self-titled debut album, and their second consecutive release to reach top ten on the Hot Country Songs...
"
| 2
| 42
| —
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|
- US: Gold
|-
! scope="row"| "All Your Life
All Your Life (song)
"All Your Life" is a song written by Brian and Clara Henningsen and recorded by American country music group The Band Perry. It is the fourth single from the band's self-titled debut album.-Critical reception:...
"[B]
| 13
| 37
|
|
|
| 62
|
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|-
|}
^ "Hip to My Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
chart at number one.
- B^ Current singles.